FAMILY MENOYO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Menoyo

Coat of arms and family crest of Menoyo.

Genealogy of family Menoyo, origin of Menoyo, provenance of the family name Menoyo.

History and meaning for Menoyo.

Menoyo is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Menoyo an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Menoyo:

1) The origin of the family name Menoyo.

2) The meaning of the family name Menoyo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Menoyo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Menoyo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Menoyo has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Persons with the name Menoyo proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

It is known that the Menoyo have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Menoyo:

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Menoyo, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Menoyo corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Menoyo of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Menoyo appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Menoyo. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Menoyo.

That the last name Menoyo is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Menoyo are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Menoyo, to know the fights of nobility of the Menoyo, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Menoyo, honorary offices or public offices of the Menoyo.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* The family name Menoyo appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

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